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Something for the medical lists.

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Robin Salmanso #1 / 4	Something for the medical lists. Quote: ND> ----------------------------Original message------ ND> ---------------------- ND> Don, I ran into this on GLASnet (also known as ND> PEACEnet/ECOnet/...) and ND> thought it might be of interest to people on the ND> lists. Since, I don't ND> know all the list to post to, I'm sending it to you. ND> I believe that Svet Zabelin can be contact via email at ND> getting through, I could ND> forward the message. ND> ----------------------- Beginning of message -- ND> ------------------------ ND> / en.ussr: 86.0 / ND> Topic: New victims of "Sverdlovsk Syndr ND> Written 11:17 pm Oct 12, 1991 by soceco in cdp:en.ussr ND> Dear friends, we need medical ND> consultations to find causes ND> of this illness. Greens from Sverdlovsk ND> and Socio-ecological ND> movement are ready to arrange all expences ND> for medicins for ND> travel and work on the territory of Russia. ND> Please, if you can help us contact trought glas!soceco. ND> Coordinator ND> Svet Zabelin It often common practice to store, or treat potato cuttings that are ready for planting in a poisonous compound, the common name is 'Paris Green'. The compound is used to kill several of the organisms, and parasites that infest the potato. Paris green is a highly toxic compound. The chemical name is Cupric Acetoarsenite. It is also known under the name copper acetate arsenite, or emerald green, french green, imperial green, mineral green, mitis green, parrot green, schweinfurt green, Vienna green, C.I. green. See Merk INDEX number 2629, in the 11th edition. The compound MAY be the problem that is causing these individuals to become ill. It might be absorbed through the skin, although it can usually be rendered a bit safer by frequent hand washing, and to putting the hand to the mouth until cleaned. Frequent use can get into the water supply. It is easily seen as many other problems, so this may not be the the answer. Be sure to cut out the green portion of any potato before eating, it is quite toxic. For more information contact a poison control center, as well as write a letter to any potato farmer or better still a toxicologist. It may be easy to solve, but then again, this is impossible to know, or diagnose on a bbs. -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!273!715!Robin.Salmansohn
Sun, 10 Apr 1994 12:37:38 GMT

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Fri, 19 Jun 1992 00:00:00 GMT

Fred Houlih #3 / 4	Something for the medical lists. Quote: > It often common practice to store, or treat potato cuttings that > are ready for planting in a poisonous compound, the common name is > 'Paris Green'. The compound is used to kill several of the > organisms, and parasites that infest the potato. Paris green is a > highly toxic compound. The chemical name is Cupric Acetoarsenite. > It is also known under the name copper acetate arsenite, or > emerald green, french green, imperial green, mineral green, mitis > green, parrot green, schweinfurt green, Vienna green, C.I. green. > See Merk INDEX number 2629, in the 11th edition. The compound MAY > be the problem that is causing these individuals to become ill. > It might be absorbed through the skin, although it can usually be > rendered a bit safer by frequent hand washing, and to putting the > hand to the mouth until cleaned. Frequent use can get into the > water supply. It is easily seen as many other problems, so this > > may not be the the answer. Be sure to cut out the green portion > of any potato before eating, it is quite toxic. This concerns me as I typically eat 5-10 potatoes a week (including the skins), and potatoes are a major part of our family diet. After reading this I prepared a potato as I normally do by washing thoroughly, cutting out any defects and eyes, and poked some holes in the skin prior to microwaving. But I noticed that as I cut away the skin there was a green color all over, rather than brown. This was from a 5 lb. bag of Jolly Green Giant Idaho potatoes that looked quite healthy except all had this green tinge, and as I cut away parts of the skin there was a thin green layer underneath. How can I find out for sure if the potatoes I and my family are eating are contaminated? Is there an easy test for Paris Green? Thanks, Fred
Fri, 15 Apr 1994 10:46:45 GMT

M.H. Nad #4 / 4	Something for the medical lists. Paris Green is an arsenic compound, much beloved of 1920's era detective story writers and not much used nowadays. It has nothing to do with the greenish tinges some potatoes have. That greenish tinge is due to solanin, which is also toxic but considerably less so. Solanin develops when potatoes are exposed to sunlight (and is normally found in the stalks and leaves of the potato plant even under normal conditions). It is not a particularly potent poison, but it can make someone who is already weak ill. It is, therefore, generally not a good idea to eat green potatoes. There are small amounts of the toxin even in ungreen potatoes but so small that they are of no significance unless you eat nothing but potatoes. Miriam Nadel -- "Chaos is not the sort of thing that lends itself to space allocation." - Laura Pederson, _Play Money_
Sat, 16 Apr 1994 00:04:22 GMT

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